All Categories MCQs
Topic Notes: All Categories
General Description
Plato
- Biography: Ancient Greek philosopher (427–347 BCE), student of Socrates and teacher of Aristotle, founder of the Academy in Athens.
- Important Ideas:
- Theory of Forms
- Philosopher-King
- Ideal State
60811
Who is the only Pakistani scientist to win a Nobel Prize in Physics (1979) for the electroweak unification theory?
Answer:
Abdus Salam
Professor Abdus Salam shared the 1979 Nobel Prize in Physics with Sheldon Glashow and Steven Weinberg for their contributions to the theory of the unified weak and electromagnetic interaction.
60812
Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen won the very first Nobel Prize in Physics in 1901 for the discovery of:
Answer:
X-rays
Röntgen produced and detected electromagnetic radiation in a wavelength range known as X-rays or Röntgen rays, earning the inaugural Physics prize.
60813
Which scientists were awarded the Nobel Prize in 1962 for discovering the molecular structure of DNA?
Answer:
Watson, Crick, and Wilkins
James Watson, Francis Crick, and Maurice Wilkins shared the prize for their discoveries concerning the molecular structure of nucleic acids (DNA).
60814
Who discovered Penicillin, earning the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1945?
Answer:
Alexander Fleming
Alexander Fleming discovered the antibiotic substance penicillin in 1928. He shared the 1945 Nobel Prize with Howard Florey and Ernst Chain for its development.
60815
Albert Einstein received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1921 for which discovery?
Answer:
The Photoelectric Effect
While famous for relativity, Einstein was awarded the Nobel Prize specifically for his discovery of the law of the photoelectric effect, which was pivotal for quantum theory.
60816
Who was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize and the only person to win Nobel Prizes in two different scientific fields?
Answer:
Marie Curie
Marie Curie won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1903 (shared) and the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1911. She is the first woman laureate and the only person to win in two different sciences.
60817
Who painted 'The Hay Wain', a famous landscape of the English countryside?
Answer:
John Constable
John Constable was an English Romantic painter. 'The Hay Wain' (1821) is his most famous work, depicting a rural scene on the River Stour.
60818
Which artist is associated with 'The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living' (a shark in formaldehyde)?
Answer:
Damien Hirst
Damien Hirst is a British artist. This work, created in 1991, consists of a tiger shark preserved in formaldehyde in a vitrine.
60819
Filippo Brunelleschi is famous for engineering the dome of which cathedral?
Answer:
Florence Cathedral (Santa Maria del Fiore)
Brunelleschi is considered a founding father of Renaissance architecture and is best known for designing the massive dome of the Florence Cathedral.
60820
Which art movement was founded by Walter Gropius in Germany, combining crafts and the fine arts?
Answer:
Bauhaus
The Bauhaus was a German art school operational from 1919 to 1933 that combined crafts and the fine arts, famous for its approach to design.